Used in acceptable condition: cover has wear; pages are age-toned and very fragile. This book is appropriate for collectors and/or display but not for reading. Published by Hurst and Company of New York, there is no publication date. Research indicates publication sometime in the late 1800s.
Kenilworth is set in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and centres on the secret marriage of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, and Amy Robsart, daughter of Sir Hugh Robsart. Amy passionately loves her husband, and the Earl loves her in return, but he is driven by ambition. He is courting the Queen's favour, and only by keeping his marriage to Amy secret can he hope to rise to the height of power that he desires. At the end of the book, the Queen discovers the truth, to the shame of the Earl. The disclosure has come too late, for Amy has been murdered by the Earl's even more ambitious steward, Varney.
Hurst & Company was an American book publishing firm founded by Thomas D. Hurst in New York in 1871. The company was known for reprinting books and publishing them in series form, often in clothbound editions. Hurst & Company continued its operations until 1919.
